Join Michael Muthurajah for “Inside the Capital Markets Enterprise: A Front-to-Back Introduction to Business Analysis Across Trading, Risk, Operations, Data, Technology, and Regulation.” This session provides a practical introduction to Capital Markets Business Analysis and explores how different functions, systems, data, and stakeholders connect across the enterprise.
Participants will follow a transaction from market intent and execution through booking, risk management, operations, settlement, accounting, and regulatory reporting. Along the way, the session will examine the systems and data handoffs that support the trade lifecycle and demonstrate how Business Analysts work across business, technology, operations, risk, finance, and compliance.
The session will also connect BABOK practices to real-world capital markets work, including process modelling, requirements, controls, stakeholder collaboration, and solution evaluation.
Through an applied trade-break case study, attendees will see how a Capital Markets Business Analyst reconstructs economic intent, identifies root causes, and translates findings into clear, testable requirements and sustainable improvements.
Key Learning Areas
- Mapping the Capital Markets Enterprise – Understand the key functions and relationships across trading, risk, operations, data, technology, and regulation.
- Understanding the Trade Lifecycle – Follow a transaction from market intent and execution through booking, risk management, settlement, accounting, and regulatory reporting.
- Connecting Systems and Data – Recognize the systems, data flows, and handoffs that support the trade lifecycle.
- Applying Business Analysis Practices – Connect BABOK practices to process modelling, requirements, controls, stakeholder collaboration, and solution evaluation.
- Working Through a Trade-Break Case Study – Explore how a BA reconstructs economic intent, investigates root causes, and identifies opportunities for improvement.
- Translating Analysis into Requirements – Turn complex findings into testable requirements and sustainable improvements.
About the Speaker
Michael Muthurajah is a capital-markets transformation leader, senior business analyst and business architect, and founder of MD Market Insights. His experience spans front-office trading platforms, trade-lifecycle transformation, risk and P&L, regulatory change, data governance, and operating-model design across hedge funds, banking, asset management, wealth management, and consulting environments.
He has contributed to complex initiatives involving platforms such as Murex, Enfusion, FlexTrade, and Charles River, working across business, technology, operations, risk, finance, and compliance. Through MD Market Insights, Michael coaches professionals and develops practitioner-focused education in capital markets, business analysis, and artificial intelligence.
He is known for translating complex financial products, systems, data, and controls into clear business models and actionable transformation requirements.